Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections in Infants and Children

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• Bacterial Meningitis in Infants Over 3 Months of Age
  • Etiology
    • Etiology references
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Differential diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Organism-specific antimicrobial therapy
    • Corticosteroids for bacterial meningitis
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
    • Prognosis references
  • Prevention
    • Vaccination
    • Chemoprophylaxis for meningitis
    • Prevention reference
  • Key Points
  • More Information

• Occult Bacteremia and Fever Without Apparent Source in Infants and Young Children
  • Children 3 to 36 months of age
  • Children 3 months of age
  • General references
  • Symptoms and Signs
    • Symptoms and signs reference
  • Diagnosis
    • Children 3 to 36 months of age
    • Children 3 months of age
    • Diagnosis references
  • Treatment
    • Children 3 to 36 months of age
    • Children 3 months of age
    • Treatment reference
  • Key Points

• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Children
  • Etiology
    • Urinary tract congenital anomalies or other abnormalities
    • Organisms
    • Etiology references
  • Symptoms and Signs
  • Diagnosis
    • Urine tests
    • Blood tests
    • Urinary tract imaging
    • Diagnosis references
  • Treatment
    • Vesicoureteral reflux
    • Treatment references
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points

• Rheumatic Fever
  • General references
  • Pathophysiology
    • Joints
    • Heart
    • Skin
    • CNS
  • Symptoms and Signs
    • Joints
    • Heart
    • Skin
    • CNS
    • Other
    • Recurrence
    • Symptoms and signs reference
  • Diagnosis
    • Diagnosis reference
  • Treatment
    • Antibiotic treatment
    • Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory medications
    • Antibiotic prophylaxis
    • Treatment reference
  • Prognosis
  • Key Points
  • Poststreptococcal Reactive Arthritis